Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe, the Second Deputy Whip of the Minority Caucus in Parliament, has called on traditional leaders to resist sod-cutting ceremonies conducted by the Akufo-Addo government in their jurisdictions this year.
Cudjoe argues that projects initiated in an election year are often scams due to the government's historical inability to see them through to completion.
Speaking to journalists after engaging with traditional leaders in Dodowa, Accra, Cudjoe cautioned Ghanaians to be skeptical of such infrastructural developments initiated during an election year.
“Nobody should believe any government cutting sod in an election, and no chief should worry his head by putting on his beautiful kente cloth following any president in an election year who is about to exit power to sit and cut sod for projects; they are just scamming them,” said Cudjoe.
She also urged supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to be vigilant at polling stations to prevent potential rigging.
“We should not focus on Jean Mensa; let us focus on the branch, which is where you get the win, and so protect that ballot in your branch and shine and open your eyes when it is time to do the calculation of the ballots and make sure they do the right calculation.
If you take your eyes off your polling station, that is where they will scam you and steal the elections, and when it gets to Jean Mensa, whatever they brought to her is what she puts together, so protect your ballot at the polling station.”
